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THE WEATHER Ndrth and S. "Cirlln! Increasing &r. ' " -c00,,r- - Validity Of Treaty Ratification Under !e flan Rejected by Admin istration Leaders, but Others Discussed. nRAFTINOSEPAEATE UTIFICATION PLAN Senators Concur Jap Im: migration American Do mestic Question. 1 WASinNGTON, March 25. n four power Pacific treaty and M supplements got Into such a ilmp' in the senate today that ;ht administration 'ratification pro pam temporarily was tied in a hot and tha leader hurried into conference to draw up a new plan of eampagn,. Challenging the validity ot yes- urday's action by which the four Mirer pact Itself wis ratified, op ponents of the treaty suargeated tint the ratification could Include the supplementary - Interpretative iireement slsned by the plenlpo tutiarics at the same time. ' At first the administration lead en refused to recognise any merit la the suggestion, but after several torrferences they decide 1 that wn further action was advisable. Mort of them opposed the recon ilderatlon plan, proposing instead i separate ratification vote on the mpplement. Such a separate res tlirtion of ratification ws in pro rata of drafting v. hen the senate idjournad over Sunday, i Throurhout the day's debate the inaty opponent sought to jrive point to their arguments by em phasizing that the supplement deals with issues which long have keen sources f friction between the linked States and Japan. It toclaros it to be the understanding t the signatories that the treaty hall apply to mandated islands in the Pacific, and that purely do mwtlc questions shall not .be tawrat '' before the) four power j wvteteo.ee ier "consideration and V Many times In the debate the jiiMtioa of Japanese immigration hit the United States was men ) tinwl as a "domestic" American jnwttei which might be a fruitful Coerce ot trouble, senators on both aides agreeing that no doubt ought to be left that tha American gov ernment retains full power to deal with the subject as it sees fit. Thoe who asked for a reconsld- iratlon contended that unless the tajidit of the supplement were titabllshed clearly. Japan might claim the privilege of referring the aole immigration, problem of the Pacific coast to a meeting of the powers. .Meantime the business actually Before the senate was a second !U!plniat to tha four power pact timed two months later than the Unt, anol so denning the geograph ical scope of the pact as aot to m- iiiae tho homeland of Japan, as won as it was called uo at the out let of tho sessjon Senator Robin- n, democrat: Arkansas, onrcrea m amendment to exclude also tho wana of Hakalln. but nettner tne twgraphical supplement n'or the proposed amendment to it was mentioned thereafter in the day's Mate. Lsia in tie day when de lt on the demesne issues sup Slement had died down, Senator Ranadell, democrat, ' Louisiana, -took the floor and occupied the ronalnder of the session with a 'Pech supporting the naval treaty 4 advocating an efficient mer Aant marine. ' RABBI WISE GIVES HIS H:WS ON THE FLAPPER firents Of Sncto a Creatnre Are tcrmca "orown up rwpF" XEW YnPIT March 2S. Rabbi !'Mh.n c tin-a hkfnm Uasue for Political Education, parade rl zed Jaza dancing as a 'in.!.. . , I and ifoflarorf .nut.. n was "nothlns more than a competi-" Uon in scml-nudlty." After de- ouncinK theatrical productions hmtalnlng so-called "problems," wbl Wise, undertook to answer itlons hurled from the) audi oes, "What la f1nnr?" soma one 'Tt'. . thinking. Oft , - i j .kU -Mlam "jo haa not yet come to a worth- nie wav of f " , "Hn. . i . "They are grown flappers," was anawor. , """i vino BRtU IIW 1IVU1U " " ''n -i MA M Via I- lal aim ltmuicr bumiv vi. "Queers and actors appearing on r4way, -for even the pitch VH be defiled." rtn mrni iv dkath ALLOWED TO MAKE BOND Man Is Declared to Have Paid tentlons to Ono Defendant, LBIRMINGIIAM, Ala.' Mar.' 25.- Jowei Popwell, a school , wr, and three young men held ii.J i, c'lon with the fleatn oi "'Well r,... ri.r.A ;"? county, were released last JnV. "''uer oona oi ii.oou eaon oy TOM r WrWHS, III VlltUil. L:n- Tha men are Clarence Hen- 1 ed Uenley and Robert TI- frill.!- ' " ' ' rs .i r "8 Preliminary hear f'4foi R,)ckf"i everal days ago -, - .rons were oraerea neia huM i " Penning action by the m .J ioeywer lmmediate- rtnnmuovctl to -Jerferson , county t n hr a'i .i.. jt I 1e In.Vu "vt'"')' lr mi uo- trti '"""tuted habeas corpus pro- mu. h ' a hearing on the ne rsultd In the granting of Challem lira IKES BESTIME E RECONSIDERED THE ESTABLISHED 186 In Senate Note Supplements Stand Taken Upon Occupation Costs Plain if Not Diplomatic Language, Says Claim Will Be Pressed WASHINGTON, Mar. 23 The American government lias sent to the allied powers another note supplemental to that recently dis patched and designed to support its claim for equality with those powers in the payment of coasts arising from the Rhineland occu pation. The new note, copies of which were presented todav to the British, French, Italian. Belgian and Japanese governments by American diplomatic ofndals in the capitals of those nations, de clared that whether or not there should be a deficit in the French account for its occupation army costs as of Many 1, 1921, the claim for equality on the part of the Uni ted States would not thereby be affected. The American government In its supplemental note, fij words char acterized by one official as plain if not diplomatic, notified the allied governments that no juggling of bookkeeping as regards the Rhine land occupation coasts will deter the United States from pressing what it consider a Just claim. DUILDING PLANS Movement for a New Law Building Is Taking on Definite Form. The movement for a law build ing in Asheviile to be owned1, and operated by the members of the Buncombe County Bar association began to take definite shape last night at the quarterly banquet of the attorneys at the Battery lark hotel. Judge U. M. Wells, the president, who presided was call ed upon to appoint a committee this week for the- purpose of -canvassing the entire membership of the association to ascertain Just how anxious the lawyers are for the building and what sums they will be willing to pledge in order to carry out the plan. Oeneral sentiment for the building is fa vorable. This plan was first suggested at a meetinjg of the organization some time ago. It was brought to the attention 6f the bar members that in other nearby cities such buildings have proven successful beyond question. In a well worded address, James J. Britt spoke on the history of the United States supreme court and of the legal practices in con nection with the institution. He also gave examples showing where states had been upheld by the su preme court in their suits against other states, buch an Instance oc curred a number of years ago when Kansas sued Colorado for diverting the Colorado river to the detriment of the former s inter ests. Amother example, said the speaker, was whon Missouri sued Illinois for allowing the Mississip pi river to be polluted by the wat ers from the Illinois drainage canal. Attorney Julius C. Martin ex plained the new rulas adopted by the general assembly framed to cover acts changing procedure in Civil acis ana special prucneuuiBa. After the speeches a short mu sical program was , enjoyed In which Judge Thomas A. Jones and James S. Howell were the chief victims. BILL IS DRAFTED TO REORGANIZE WAVAL RESERVE Denby Declares Proposed Force . Would Be of Tremendous Value; WASHINGTON, March - ?6. Reorganization of the naval re serve Is proposed 'In a bill drafted Ihv. th' tiavv rfnflrfrmnt' find' ailh- mitted today byxSecretary Denby to eroeaicer uinett lor lniroaucuon in the house with the comment that enactment of the measure will create a naval reserve organ ization on sound enduring lines and will provide the vitally im portant reserves necessary to sup plement the regular navy." The bill provides for organiza tion of a' naval reserve into three nlnaiiii nnn Into thn fleet reserve providing men for combatant ships and aviation, tne secona a mer chant marine iceexye providing for a war fleet of naval auxlli- i.. mrA th. a vnlimtjirv raise, the personnel ot which, as a result of civilian occupations, would be especially fitted' for naval service in time of war. Th hill attnulatoa that men en Hating in the navy shall obligate themselves to serve, in aaaiuon xo their rtgular enlistments, four years In the fleet naval reserve. On a lailt of navy of 100,000 en Hated men, the secretary said, this requirement in eight years should furnish about ,30,000 fleetl reservf lsts. ' t Estimating that tho annual cost of maintaining this force would ndt exceed I7S0.O00. Mr. Denby declared that its value to the country In an emergency would be "rcmendoua." , , , M , BAR ASSOCIATION BEING SHAPED 'DEDICATED '5 ismsuic.de Gastonia Business Man Found Dead in Bessemer City, Bullet in Head. INJURY f0SKULL ADDITIONAL WOUND Ex-Service Man Was to Have Wed Miss Ensor in Month of April. UASTOMA. March 25. That Harry Shuford, whose dead bodv was found in bed in his room at the Carroll hotel. Bessemer City, at 10:45 o'clock this morning did not commit suicide hut that he may have been killed and his body placed in the bed is the belief ex pressed this afternoon by Coroner's Physician U X. Glenn, of this city. On turning his body over and examining the right side, Dr. Glenn found that the entire side of his face was covered with clotted blood. This was washed off and it was then discovered that, instead ot one bullet hole in his temple, there was also a Jagged cut, half an Inch or more in length, which naa apparently been made by some blunt instrument. It was dis covered also that the skull had been crushed, this having been done presumably by the blow he la believed to have received at the hands of some unknown party. Coroner Davis ordered tha body brought to Gastonia and that a post mortem examination be made. Shuford's body was discovered by trie proprietor of the hotel, who had gone to see why young Shu ford had not gone to his office at the McLean Mills. No Statement Found In Koom Regarding Death A fruitless search was made in his room for some note or mes sage that might throw some light on nis deatn, but none was found. If Shuford took his own life, which does not seem likely in view of the circumstances of his death, his family and friends say the' act was due to a fit of melancholia from which he had suffered at in tervals since his return from the world war. Ills financial affairs were known to have been in ex cellent condition. He was to have married Miss Ruth Ensor of Mount Holly, April 30, tho announce ment of the approaotilng marriage having been made some time ago. The only circumstance which leads to suspicion at all to a theory that the act was premeditated was that yesterday afternoon he paid several accounts in Bessemer City1 which he was not accustomed to setio until the first of the month. Among- these was his hotel bill and his account at the Bessemer City drug store. j When parties entered Shuford's room at 10:45 o'clock this morn ing after having ben asked over the 'phone if they knew why the latter had not gone to the mill office, they found the young man's body in bed with hi head cov ered. Near his hea4 lay a Colts automatic .25 and there was a powder burn on his right temple. The bullet was under the skin of the left jaw. The door was locked from the inside and everything In the room was In its usual order. Just When the shot was fired it is not known, so far as learned, no one heard it. A man living near the hotel states that he happened to be up at 4 o'clock this morning and noticed a light burning in Shuford's room. Th$ light was not burning when the room was en tered by the hotel manager. Had Bought New Auto On That Afternoon Mr. Shurord was In Gastonia yesterday afternoon and evening and met and talked to numbers of his friends. Durlntf the afternoon he purchased a new Essex car fiom the Scott Motor company, paying cash for it. He was in a local barber shop at 7 o'clock and talked to friends in his usual happy vein. At 11 o'clock he farked his car at the mill office in Bessemer City, took off a spare tire and put it in the office and went into the mill where he talked to several of the operatives. Krom there it Is supposed that he went to his room at the hotel. He was not seen after leaving the mill office. When the call to arms came ,to America young Shuford enlisted In Captain Sherry's: apmpany here. After going to camp he was transferred -to the 27th Division, New York. Overseas he attended an officers' '- training school, was commissioned a first lieutenant and placed In command of a com pany of infantry. He saw active service on the Hlndenburg line and at Bellecourt. Since returning from the war he Tiad held a re sponsible portion with the McLean Mills at Bessemer City. The deceased la survived by two brothers and three sisters, namely Mr. Sam'H. Shuford, Miss Iwry Shuford, Mrs. George W. Wilson and Mrs. R. M. Reld of Gastonia, and Mr. J. Oscar Shuford, of Lin colton. His father the late Sheriff Shuford died several years ago. i. . . s BRIDE ELECTS PIU28S OX VIEW AT CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTB, March 25. M. H. Shuford of Gastonia whose mar riaae to Miss Rut h Ensor .of Lin colnton, was to have taken place In April, was found dead In bed at a hotel in Bessemer City this morning at 1:30 o'clock. lie had rone 'there on business. ; Announcement had been snade In the papers of his approaohtng marriage to Miss Ensor,. The Ob server carrying the announcement only this morning. Hs and Miss Ensor were to hava been married on the same day as Miss Virginia Miller and Robert 8. McLean, of Gastonia- an .announcement .party having been given the two couples recently by Mrs. Grady Crowell, of Lincomton ana Mrs.- t. w. Wil son, state president of the C D. C, and of Mrs. Reld of Gastonia. He was 00 year of age. : The wedding dress ot the dead man's bride elect was seen yester day -In a modiste's establishment In this city, -; ' PHYSICIAN 1111 DEATH UNDAY CITIZEN TO THE UP-BUILDING jASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY Lloyd George Will Favor Recognizing Soviets at Genoa Germany Will Reject Sew Levy, and Proposed Financial Control LONDON, Mar. 25. (By the Associated Press.) Political recognition of Russia will be the main plank in the policy of Premier Lloyd George at the Genoa f conomic conference If a vote of confidence is given him by parliament April 3. accord ing to tho News of the World, the newspaper of Lord Riddel), who was liaison officer of the liritlsli delegation to the Wash ington urmament conference. Tho newspaper also says th premier will urge a treaty be tween Russia and the Baltic states. Poland and Rumania. BERLIN, Mar. 25. (By the Associated Tress.) The Ger man government's reply to the recent demands of the repara tions commission will be for warded to Paris before the meeting of the Genoa economic conference. It will assert that the 00,00,000,000 marks sup plementary tax levy is a finan cial and technical Impossibility and also will reject the pro posed financial control by the commissions. BY STATE B0D1 Fennell, Robinson and Beachboard Are Elect- ed to Act in Buncombe. OITOlK'l Kw inut TUIOIOCGS SOTH (ft IROCg HHKl.tYt RALEIGH. March 25. The state board of elections, meeting today on the tenth Saturday preceding the state-wide primary as requir ed by law selected the county boards of elections. The county boards wi'il meet Saturday three weeks hence for the selection ot registrars and udgta. . The boar presided over by Col. P. M. Pearsali, of New Bern, passed resolutions of respect for the late Col. Wilson G. Lamb, for years the chairman, R. T. Clay- well, of Morganton, acted as sec rctary. A partial. list of county boards is as follows, the rtrst tw luwned in each instance ' being democrats and the third the republican memoer: Buncombe: George Pennell. Gro- ver KODtnson, Wayne Beachboard, Burke: J. F. Bpeinhour, J. Ar thur Beach, Richard Williams. Cherokee: George B. Walker, S. W. Lovingood, M. W. West. Clay: W. T. Henson, J. O, Scroggs, W. T. Bumgarner. Graham: M. T. Crisp, P. M. Mc- neiarey, j. u. crisp. Haywood: Thomas String-field O. I Hampton, W. T. Denton. Henderson: R. L. Edwards, cnaries Koszeiie, K. a. Morris. Jackson: O. ,B. Coward, C C Buchanan, B. F. Barrett. McDowell: H. H. Tate, O. J Adkins, C. F. James. Madison: Roy L, Cudger, L. J. Carter, John Jarrett. Macon: T. S. Munday, br. C. D, Balrd. John E. Hickman. Mitchell: W. D. Young, 'John jarrett, Jonn Blagle. Rutherford: I. B. Covington, J. R. Anderson, W. J. McDaniel. Swain: M. W. Taylor. J. E. Gibson. A. F. Patterson. - Polk: F. M. Burgess, J. F. Or mand, 8. B. Edwards. Yancey: Charles Hutching, tt. M. Buck, R. W. Wilson. Caldwell: J. L. CattrelL C. E. Kabh, Dr. u. L. Wilson. Catawba: George A. War lick, W. A. Khyne, J. Yates KllUan. TWO SCOUT MASTERS AND SIX BOY' SCOUTS BROWN SOUTH BEND, Ind., March S5. Eight men, including two scout masters and six members of a South Bend, Boy Soout troop were reported drowned at Magician Lake near Dowaglac, Mich., this afienroon when .the motorboat in which they were riding capsized. included in the erght were Joseph Taylor, head ot the local Boy scout troop and his son, Joseph, Jr. Three automobile loads ot Boy Scouts went to the lake early to day, the first two arriving early while the last group snortly after noon. Scout Master Taylor was in charge. - Vernon O Murphy is thought to' be the other man who was drowned. . The boat capsized about 60 rods from the west end of the lake and efforts to reach the victims in a row boat were fu tile. The waters of the lake were reported rough. Efforts are 4elnj; made to re cover the bodies. - SIX SERIOUSLY HURT IN SMALL TEXAS TORNADO BEAUMONT, Tex., Mar. 2E. A small tornado hit Beaumount and vlctnity lata today, levelling a number of dwellings and damag ing' some business house. So far as be determined no one was killed within the city but tlx seriously in jured persons are in a hospital. Two are. suffering from broken legs and one a fractured skull, The damage to farm property has not been determined. , i ., ; Fannett, a village 15 miles south of Beaumont, was reported destroyed. A man arriving from there reported one death. ; VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN " GETS BACK IN HARNESS WASHINGTON, March 25. Henry - 8t Oeorge Tucker, of Vir ginia, came back to the house to day to take up the service he laid aside in 1907 after being; In con gressional harness for eight years. Mr. Tucker as elected from the tenth Virginia district to succeed the late Henry D. Flood. Although the certificate Of his election had not been presented, he was- sworn. In at the request of Representa tive Montacue,1 of Virginia. - COUNTY ELECT ON BOARDS 0 OF WESTERN NORTH MORNING, MARCH 26, 1922. SOLE SURVIVOR OFSEAPLANEIN Tragic Tale of Storm and Wreck Are Learned of Delirious Pilot. . THREE WOMEN DIE IN ARMS OF FLYER Men Lose Minds and Suc cumb to Suffering and Horror of Storm. MIAMI. Fla.. Mar. 25. (Bv The Associated l'res) Nursed by a woman whom he believes to bo his mother and whom he refuses to permit to leave his side, Robert Moore, pilot of the i!l-fiitd sea plane. Miss Miami, which sailed out of here last Wednesday with six persons aboard her neve.- to return, lies in a hospital tonight lr a state of delirium, more dead than ii live. Moore was taken off the tanker William Green early this morning as she passed her, by a sub chaser. All during last nlcht he was ten derly cared for by Mrs. J. Wil liam.t, wife, of an official of the Pan-American Petroleum corpora tion, who was a passenger on the ship. This morning when the re Hef bont p'tllei alongside fie Mg ship, Moore refused to go withmi! her. When reassured that she would bo there, he finally permitted nlniselr of be transferred to the smaller craft and brought to a hos pital nere. where another woman took up the task of trying to paci- ty nis wandering mind. Piece by piece during the night and clay. Moore has revealed the tragic Mary of hln awful experi ences, clinging two days and two nights to tho wreckage of the lost flying boat. No trace had been found tonight of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Au gust Bulto and Mr. and Mrs. Lawr rence E. Smith, of Kansas City, and Mrs. J. 8. Dickson, ot Mem phis, Tenn., who, one by one. gave up their lives as tho struggle be came too much for them. Moore's statements while aboard the tanker -were retold today by the captain. Charles A. Wash"- smuth. Tragic Story as tt Is l'loccd Together. "I was about 41 miles off the East Indian inlet," said Captain Wachsmuth, "when, just about dusk, I sighted what appeared to be a human feebly waving his arms a mile off the starboard bow. We could 'ilBcern a man lashed to the spar. We hove to, launched a boat, and rowed out to the rescue. A ;heavy sea waa running, and it was no easy task, but, after con lable jdifftonH we managed to getihlrti aboard. He jfcas lashed With a f leee of rope about his neck ihio? another piece aboufhis waist, anu was totally exhausted. 'As we cut him loose, he mur mured: 'I'm sorry to nut you fel. lows to so much trouble.' Then he became unconscious. "We found that he had attached himself in some manner to an overturned flying boat,- The exact location In which he was picked up was latitude .27. 18 north, longitude 79.33 west. The time was 6:30 p. m. ' "We undressed hlnv and placed him in my cabin where he was cared for through the night by Mrs. J. Williams, a passenger. "We found that his entire body was blistered and burnt, and that his Hps were, so badly swollen he could not open his mouth. His eyes from the salt water and blaz ing sun were in such condition that at first we though he was blinded, but after Mrs. Williams had ba.h ed his face he seemed to recover somewhat, though he appeared to be entirely out ot his mind. "On his person we found dollar bills In which he had torn holes in his delirium, a pair of glasses, which had been smashed, and a woman's vanity case.'' Mooro In Constant Delirium. ' Through the Night. Mrs. Williams, who reluctantly relinquished him to' the doctors aboard the submarine chaser which went out to meet the "Wil liam Green," said that Moora had been In a constant delirium all through the night, and was under the Impression that she w.ts his mother. He told he." practically the whole story of his experiences during the 45 nours lie had been adrift In the suit stream. It appears that the Miss Miami had ' broken her propeller when about 15 miles from Blmlnl, and that she- had descended In the gulf stream during a gale. All through, that night and the next day the flying boat drifted helplessly northwards, becoming swamped after being in the water a few hours. An effort was made to pump the water out of the cock pit, but the seas were running so high that the cockpit was filled each time a wave washed over the fragile craft. On Thursday morning, as relat ed by Moore to Mrs. Williams, the pontoon of the boat eprangta leak and soon afterwards turned turtle, The three men Moore, Bulte and Smith managed to drag the ex hausted women to the tep of the boat where Moore endeavored to hold them. Three Women Die In HU Amu In Suceaslon. One by one. however, the women died In his rma and slipped into tne sea, tne rury or wntcn seemed to Increase with each passing hour. First, Mrs. J. 8. Dickson, of Memphis, died and fell into the ocean. Then Mrs. Bulte gave up the struggle, and finally Mrs. Smith also succumbed. Both of the other men, by this time were completely'fdemented, and, losing their holds on the precarious fly lng boat, slipped Into the sea. When night came on, Moore alone, remained on the boat. "In some manner," said Mrs, Williams, "Moore , said he man aged to obtain a piece of rope, fastening one end 'round his waist and tne outer around his neck, and to the plane. This alone saved Lbim from being washed Into the ocean wun uie oilier nve mem bers of the party, ; On Friday morning the pilot, having been two days (without food and water. was almost at the end of his re sources. "During hi delirium, he told me that nine ships had passed him while he was in the water, one of them belnr so close that he could ICmUtutt M raff TM MIAMI HOSPITAL CAROLINA" PRICE Prohibition Navy Getting Into Action To Check Rum Runners; Movement Afoot To Oust Blair Message Purports to Be From Lost Cyclops Engineer Is Picked Up Near Lookout; Says Germans Planned to Sink Ship BEAUFORT, N. C, March i. A bottle containing a note pur porting to be signed by an engl reer aboard the navy Collier Cy clops which disappeared at sea in 1917, was picked up today north east of Cape lookout lighthouse. The no'e stated that a German submarine was close by. that all hands had been ordered on board the U-boat and that the. ship wn.s to be torpedoed. Tho note was covered with sea brine. The Cyclops was bound from a Chilean port for the Uutted States with a cargo of nitrates wnen sue disappeared. An extensive search was conducted for her but no trace ever was found. It has been generally believed that she went down suddenly off the Atlantic coast in a heavy squall or storm, although no nearby ports reported any disturbance at the time and no wireless message was receneu from the vessel indicating any trouble. LEGISLATORS ON IY TO INSPECT Corporation and a Com mission Both Considered for Handling Plant. WASHINGTON, Mar. 25. More than a tcore of members of the renate agriculture and the house military committees left here to night for a personal Inspection of the government's power and nl Kate projects st Muscle Shoals and Gorgas, Ala. Pending their return, It was announced, the investiga tions of the private offers for lease, I tlon of the properties -win "be -mm-pended by the house fcommlttee. The retiate portion of the dele aatfon was headed by Chairman Norrls, of the agriculture commit tee to which the offers of Henry Ford, the Alabama Power com pany and Frederick E. Engstrum, of Wilmington, N. C, have been referred by the senate for study and report. The house members had as their leader Representative Hull, of Iowa, senior majorltyj member cf the military committee. Senator Norrls said the delega tion would confine itself to a thor ough etudy of the projects from a physical standpoint and had de cided before Its departure to re frain from sine tripe to otner places thAn Gorgas and Muscle Shosls. The house members made similar decision today in execu tive session and like the senate committee, voted down suggestions that the delegation visit Memphis, Chattanooga, ..Atlanta and , other municlpaliiea which had extended invitations for the congressmen to visit with them during their trip. Both the agriculture and mili tary committees will begin active consideration of the Muscle Shoals question s soon as their members return from Alabama. Chairman Norrls said the pending offers would be taken up by the senate committee and hearings held on them - collectively. He also an nounced that, unless he altered hit decision while In Alabama, he would introduce a bill In the sen- ote upon his return proposing n government owned and controlled corporation to take over the ques tion of future development of the shosls , properties. . "The' only danger to such a proposition," Senator Norris said, "would bo to keep the corporation out of politics. I think 1 know a way by which that can be done and will propose It to the senate when I return. The Nebraska senator also sug gested that the acceptance of anv cne of the offers already submit ted would cause trouble which could bu escaped by the corporate creation ana operate to the best Interest of the government by re taining the properties in' complete governmental possession, eliminat ing the necessity of leasing them for 1 00 years as Mr. Ford proposed or for ISO years to the. Alabama company or Mr. Engstrum. The proposal of Chairman Kahn. of the house committee to create a Muscle Shoals commission, com prising representatives of thetreas ury, agriculture, and war depart rr.ents empowered to sell, lease or dispose ot Muscle Bhoals as its members believed beet suited to the national interests, Mr. Kahti aid, will be formally presented to ihe committee when it begins ex ecutive consideration ot the hous3 report. "The more I think of the com mission." Mr. Kahn said, "the hat ter I believe It will solve the ques tions which k now confront con press." ,' i . STATE TEACHERS ASSEMBLY NAMES FILL TIME OFFICER RALEIGH. Mar. J5. The execu five committee of the North Caro lina teachers assembly today elect ed E. O. Coltrane, superintendent of the Roanoke Rapids schools as full time secretary and chose Ualeigh end Thanksgiving as the place and date tor the next an nual meeting. , . ( -. Mr. Coltrane, who succeeds A. T. Allan, who has been serving with out pay as secretary of the teach ers' assembly, will assume his duties July 1. His salary will be tour thousand dollars the year. MUSCLE SHOALS 7c ON TRAINS 10c. Ii iriiTriuiiT i ni LtUH JAM OF COASTGUARD IS DRY ADMIRAL Officials Continue to With hold Plans for Attack on Rum Runners. SHIPS ON DUTY IN FLORIDA WATERS Jack Will Function Under Chief of General Pro hibition Agents. WASHINGTON, March 25. (By the Associated Press.) First units of the prohibition navy are in actual operation somewhere along the Atlantic coast, It was learned today oti high official authority. Officials continue to withhold plans for the sea attack on rum smugglers by the submarlno chas ers operated by the prohibition bureau hut It was declared that several vessels aro now on duty In Florida waters and that oth ers were cruising farther north. Officials Indicated that as rap Idly as additional sub chasers ob tained from the coast guard can b put Into commission they will slip out to sea under sealed or ciers to join in the proposed rum patrol along the Atlantic coast, Lieutenant R. u Jack, of the coast guard, the "admiral" of the pronlbltlon fleet, is to have dl rect charge of the operation of his minature warships, it was stated officially, but he will function under E. IT. Yellowly, chief of general prohibition agents. commissioner Haynes, it was understood, was waiting until the new prohibition enforcement arm wss In full swing before making any statement in order to avoid the possibility of information reaching the ears ot tne llquor- laden enemy. Two plans are belnr considered by the treasury for extending the sphere ot operation of the prohi bition flaot beyond the threo mile limit, It 1 prtoposed, according to high officials, either-te make hC s3iHMiMrtj'- siui c. :.i'. a ,j(iciU customs aceat ot 10 WMJga, regular customs agents aboard each of ' the prohibition ships. . - j Secretary Mellon, it wa thought would probably favor the latter method and authorise the customs division to designate a man for duty abqard each of the 141m chas ers. Without customs outhorltv. of ficials explained, the prohibition fleet could not operate outside the three mile limit. Custom assents. however,, are empowered to board ships bound for this country as ir .as it mues at sea,' - IN PLEA TO PORTS 0S0JITH Urges Southern Congress men to Support Merchant Marine Legislation. 5 c WASHINGTON, " March 2S, Members ot congress from the southern states were ' urged by Senator , Ransdell, democrat, Lou isiana, in an address today to the senate, to support for the benefit of the aouth's porta, pending leg islation to provide government aid for the merchant marine. Enactment of such legislation, the Louisiana senator deolared, would free southern ports from ths "vassalage" In which he asserted they were held by foreign ship ping companies. "It the government does not ex tend direct aid to shipping and thereby materially encourage men to enter into the 'shipping business with a reasonable prospect for earning a fair return, on their In vestment," said Senator Ransdell, "it will be impossible, for the ship ping board to dispose of the great er portion of Its very large fleet of slow, moderate sired vessels. Given reasonable assistance, ves sels of this class can operate from a number of the smaller ports of America, with a fair prospect of success, thereby establishing busi ness out of these ports to the great benefit of the country generally, In creasing tha number of its ocean ports, and preventing congestion. "I would particularly Invite the attention of senators from south ern slates to the fart that the com pensatlon or aid to the slower, smaller cargo ships Ms of especial vsluo to the south, with Its exports of cotton, lumber, tobacco and other bulky commodities. Without aid to these slower cargo ships, it Is not probably that many or our twisting services In shipping hoard steamers can bo continued out of southern ports, or that those ports will maintain a foothold for the gradual development of the faster and larger passenger ships to a share of which they are rightfully entitled. "Compensation for mail steam ers, amply justified by democratic precedents would not , suffice for present southern interests. There must be also compensation for the cargo 'tramps' especially adapted to our new and growing lines, if those lines are to he saved to the ports of the south Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. "Within the iRSt four or five years we have seen the creation of a new sea power on the south At lantic and Gult of Mexico an lemnmu hi rt TV I 32 PAGES TODAY it; BLAIR'S SCA BE SOUGHT BY DRY LEADERS Wheeler and Haynes Run Rough Shod Over Mel lon and Blair Is Said. HARDING DISLIKES WHEELERDICTATION Willis of Ohio Can Make Trouble for Harding on Prohibition Stand. (r4t raraNn'iw, Till Jttl CUim WASHINGTON, Mar. 25. Wayne i! Wheeler end Koy A,. Haynes. (the United States Prohi bition commissioner) nave nurca- '.ied the Harding administration. There is no escape from their dutches, for they always say, "If you don't mind I will tell the folks back homr. that you am a wi. That Is tho blow that brings Nor- maliv, Secretary Mellon end At torney General Daugherty around. The republicans, as well as the democrats are afraid of the Antl Suloon lengu and Its allied or ?anlr..itlon8. Mr. Wheeler can stop or start any game. The other fellow has no show when he is In uctlon. t, Mr. Daugncrty said in Florida, in a moment of enthusiasm, that he would take over the enforce ment ot prohibition. In other word, ho would have the duty and responsibility now upon the treas ury department transferred to the department of justice. Mr. Wheeler has froTned upon this proposition, and it is understood that he haa been assured that the White House will be with him If he insists. Harding Dislikes Wheeler's Dictating lo Him President Harding dtellkts to! take dictation front Mr. Wheeler. Mis record is against prohibition ' by national ect. But Senator , Willis, the republican senator from Ohio, is a dry of the dryest of the dries. , He can make trouble in the Buokeye state for Mr. Harding. Two or three times already he has threatened to take hie troubles te , lent has seen fit to lock horns with, him, he has won. The Preei. , dent constantly pray lor peace) and harmony "hack home.'' Willie know that he can always start something if he wants to. ' There fore, when Mr. Wheeler sees dan ger signals ahead he suggests that Willis go to the White House and toll the President Just where to run In, This worked in the case -of medicinal beer until Secretary MAY Mellon was threatened with a lair , suit for not issuing the regulations provided lor by an opinion handed down by Former Attorney General Palmer Just berore he quit omce here. Ran Roach Shod Over Mellon sud Blair Wheeler and Haynes have run rough-shod over Secretary Mellon and David II. Glair, commissioner r.f internal revenue. They like not the conservative ways and thought of theao steady office holders. - Members of the house are plan- ' ning to ease Mr, Blair out of hie, Job if that can be done. They want ' to put rough rider in there, one who will oust all democrats and, play the Haynes - dry game to a, finish. Trouble la brewing' for the North . Carolinian. The truth is. patronage is so scarce now, after, a year of hard raiding on the civil' service and other government posi tions, mat northern and western rpublloan leaders would commit; political burglary to get openings for anxious friends. If the move ment now OI under cover looks Uke a drier day the powerful, forcos of the Anti-Saloon league may Join the pie hunters in their gunning came after Mr. Blair. Thh untl-Blnlr talk Is heard at the capi tol, where men are busy dally try t.ig to ur.cover some new place for "deserving republicans." The Haynes prohibition navy has attracted lots of attention and when it gets in action North Caro lina people will hear more of Jt for it Is asserted here that off their coast the liquor trafflo is lively at times. When Haynes first an nounced that he would hunt rum runners In flying machines Secre tary Mellon and j others "doubted' his ability to use money for that nurpose. The same was true of the movement to luanch a fleet t booze fighters. But Haynee had '. his way. He moved right along. He found a way under the law. Ilia vessels nine or more were camouflaged and manned in some " quiet place near Baltimore. Tha first news from it will be an en counter off the Atlantic ooaet. Everybody is expectant Many let ters froir- North Carolinians asking; about tho prospects have been re calved by members of congress, ilaym-s Socretlvo About HIm "Di )" Navy Mr. Haynes Is secretive. His pre-atrtlono, equal to those of ac tual warfare are belnic taken to guard the secret of his "prohibi tion navy." which, as a matter of tad, consists of nine' submarine chasers tho roast guard was un able to operate because of lack of funds. Not tho least disturbed with criticisms in congress that the prohibition bureau has 110 author ity to operate ships on tJhe high seas, Mr. Haynes said todiy that he tiiinkii the operation of the fleet cm be handled. He pointed out that the bureau has a lump sum appropriation that can be expend ed in keeping the country dry. and tees no reason why he cannot tie part of it for a "navy," With the settlement of this point, so far ar his own satisfac tion is concerned, Mr. Haynes closes down on sll news about the wjuadroi. designed to exterminate smuggling. Where the vessels are. what being done to them, o when theywlll begin crutslngs are tightly seated secrets. Prohibition officials .isserted that if the sail ings of the fleet are advertised It : t t .r . 1 1 ii f -A j 4i -it - I "I 1 I t r s r I 4 V - f.'V- ( i .
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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